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the sort of 情景对话
In the hospital emergency ward-(在医院急诊室)
A:
Someone will be out to take a look any minute now.
很快就有人给你看的。
B:
Should we be here, Alice? I don’t think it’s that serious.
艾丽斯，我们要来这儿吗？ 我看没那么严重。
A:
Of course! It’s the sort of thing a hospital emergency ward is for.
当然得来这儿啦！ 医院的急诊室就是干这个的。
C:
Will he have to wait much longer?
要等很长时间吗？
A:
I hope not. It isn’t that busy.
希望不会。这儿不是那么忙。
Apartment for Rent-(公寓招租)
A:
This apartment has three rooms and a bath. Here's the kitchen.
这套公寓有三个房间和一个卫生间。这儿是厨房。
B:
It seems a little small to me.
它对我来说好像小了点儿。
A:
Not really, for one person, and it has a nice gas range and a good refrigerator.There are lots of shelves and cupboards, too.
实际上不小吧，你只一个人。而且这儿有一只漂亮的煤气灶和很好的冰箱。还有很多大橱和装饰橱。
B:
What about closets?
有些什么壁橱？
A:
You'll have two large ones in the badroom.One has shelves and a built-in shoe rack.Then there's a storage closet in the living room and a linen closet in the bathroom.
在卧室内有两个大壁橱。其中一个有搁板和鞋架。在起居室有一个放在床上用品及毛巾的壁橱。
B:
The living room looks sort of dark.
起居室看起来光线不太好。
A:
We're painting it a lighter color, and it gets the afternoon sun.
我们正在把它漆成明亮的颜色。下午房间内可以照到太阳。
B:
Well, thank you for showing me around.I'll let you know tonight if I decide to take it.I want to look around before I make up my mind.
谢谢你给我们看了房间。 如果我决定要，今天晚上我会告诉你。我想作出决定前再慎重考虑一下。
家庭
A:
Tell me about your family, Simon. Are you from a big family?
西蒙，给我们讲讲你们家的事。你来自一个大家庭吗？
B:
No, my immediate family is quite small. There are only five of us. My parents, my younger brother and my younger sister. But my parents both come from large families.
不，我们自己的直系家庭相当小，只有五口人，（包括）我的父母，弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都来自大家庭。
A:
How many people are in your extended family?
你的大家庭中有多少人呢？
B:
There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people.
太多了，数不过来。我想有一百多人吧。
A:
Do you get to see your family often?
你常和家里人见过面吗？
B:
I see my immediate family every weekend, and I see my extended family about once or twice a year.We usually see each other for Christmas, Easter, and other big celebrations, like weddings.
我每个周末都和直系小家庭成员见面。我一年中能见到其他大家庭的成员一或俩次。我们经常在圣诞节，复活节和其他大的庆祝活动，如婚礼上见面。
A:
Have you ever been to a family reunion?
你参加过家庭聚会吗。
B:
Actually, I have been to one, but it wasn’t mine! It was one of my friends’. He didn’t want to be theonly boy there, so I went with him to keep him company. This was a long time ago, of course.
我倒是去过一次。但不是我自己家的聚会，是我的一个朋友家的聚会。他不想成为聚会上的唯一男孩，所以我去陪他。当然了，这也是很久以前的事了。
A:
Are many of your relative divorced?
你的亲属中有很多人离婚吗？
B:
Let me think. I believe it’s just my one uncle. He’s always been a rebel. My grandmother was very religious, so most of my relatives were too scared to get divorced!
让我想一下。我想只有我的一个叔叔离了婚。他一直是个叛逆者。我奶奶是个很虔诚的教徒，所以我的大多数亲属都不敢离婚！
A:
Do you have any relatives who are single mothers?
你的亲属中有单身母亲吗？
B:
I have just one-her father is the one who got divorced. Their family is sort of the black sheep of our extended family.
我只有一个亲属是单身母亲。她的父亲也离了婚。他们家是我们大家庭中的另类。
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相关单词辨析
这组词都有“使有条理，安排”的意思，其区别是：
arrange: 指按计划、秩序、需要和可能等进行安排。
classify: 指按照事物类型、质量或是否相似进行分类。
sort: 通常指根据类型或种类分类或整理选择。
organize: 指按计划或需要把人或物安排组织成一个整体。
这组词都有“种，类，类型”的意思，其区别是：
category: 书面用词，特指有确切定义的群体。
sort: 普通用词，文体较kind随便，指对人或对事物进行的大概分类，有时含贬义。
species: 书面用词，单复数同形。指生物分类上的种。
classification: 指根据已经确定的类型对某一实物作鉴别和归类。
class: 正式用词，指门类、种类或优劣等级；用于指动植物的分类时，表示“纲”。
type: 指客观界限比较清楚，有相同本质特点的同类事物，或指大致相似的同类事物。
variety: 强调有各自的特点，形式不同，品质不同的种类。
kind: 指性质相同，而且特征很相似，足以归为一类的人或东西。